Game Time: 'Kung Fu Panda 2' and 'Dead or Alive: Dimensions'

The fat and fluffy fists of fury are back in THQ's video game adaption of DreamWorks' latest "Kung Fu Panda" animated film. After the story from the movie ends, a new adventure begins, as the Kung Fu Council summons Po to work and fight alongside the Furious Five once more. This time the Masters will face all sorts of anthropomorphized animals, including gorillas, wolves and Komodo dragons.

Each version of the game, while utilizing the same basic story and third-person action format, offers unique methods of play. If you're an Xbox 360 owner, you'll guide Po with your own actions as the motion-capturing Kinect reads your movements and turns them into powerful kung fu combos. Your voice will also become a weapon as you call for help and the Furious Five answers. Using the Wii's UDraw tablet, you'll control Po's moves and environment with your stylus and your imagination. The PlayStation 3 version of "Kung Fu Panda 2: The Video Game" uses strategy and well-timed actions to do combat with your enemies and solve mind-boggling puzzles.

Team Ninja's fast-paced fighting series "Dead or Alive" is making a much-needed journey to the Nintendo 3DS, bringing a bevy of content with it. The single-player game alone is made up of all the stories of the original "Dead or Alive" through "Dead or Alive 4." If playing through hours of AI-controlled combat isn't your thing, try the game's multiplayer mode. Whether you challenge the players of the world to a match or team up with them in cooperative combat, each battle becomes unique and ultimately a learning experience.

Vast amounts of gameplay aside, "Dead or Alive: Dimensions" sports some of the most jaw-dropping graphics ever seen in a portable fighting game. Each landscape comes to life with sound and motion while the fighters execute their moves smoothly across the screen. If the visual quality weren't enough, Team Ninja upped the ante with full-on 3-D, powered by the glasses-free Nintendo 3DS, forcing each punch, kick and throw to leap off the screen.

Thanks to the numerous features, amazing graphics, and long play life of "Dead or Alive: Dimensions," gamers on the go will be busy and extremely happy for a very long time.